Real Talk on Shidduchim: A Candid Conversation with Rabbi Shais Taub & Tzipora Grodko | Tu B'Av

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We're live on YouTube. Okay. >> Hi YouTube. >> Hi everybody. >> Welcome. All right. We are live um very quickly. So just to set the scene, we are at the Soul Words House in Cambria Heights, Queens, half a block from the Labb is Ial. And uh we will be taking names of singles to the aisle. Um people are free to visit the aisle on their own after this event. Tonight we will bring we will be bringing the names in right before Shabas. Uh Kamisha Tuba is on before Shabas. Uh Kamisha Tuba is on Shabas itself. So we'll bring in the names right before Shabas. If more names comes in we'll also bring Shabas. Um and um that's it goes without saying but somebody told me to mention. I was surprised it even needs to be mentioned but this is without charge. You can send in the names for free. There's no charge uh associated with this whatsoever. It's our pleasure to to do this. Um, so this is what do we call this? an honest conversation on >> an honest conversation on shidim. Not >> an honest conversation on shidim. Not that anyone would have a dishonest conversation on shidim, but we wanted to really lean into the authenticity and the realness and the not shying away from any questions especially things that are heavy on people's hearts and trying to talk about it with uh sincerity and some sensitivity and hopefully if we can't give you answers at least we can validate your question. At anyway, I want to introduce formally introduce you're the actual host, but I'm the host of this. This is this is my

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